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IRONING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED IEB.26, 1910.

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IRONING'r-TABLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINYARD O. CRAW- rono, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Smith, in the county of Sebastian and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Ironing-Table, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ironing tables having means for supporting an ironing board in such a manner that the board, when not in use, can be shoved under the table top out of the way.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a table of the kind stated with improved means for supporting the ironing board in the manner stated, together with means whereby the board may be placed flush with the table top when in use.

Another object of the invention is to simplify the ironing board supportin means, so that the table can be cheaply constructed.

lVith these objects in View the invention consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the drawing hereto annexed in which,

Figure l is a plan View of the table with the top removed. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section showing one of the ironing boards in extended position.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 5 denotes the table top, mounted in the ordinary manner on side rails 6, and end rails 7, and provided with legs 8. The side rails are connected, intermediate their ends, by cross bars 9, and to the inner faces of the end rails are secured cleats 10.

The cross bars 9 and the cleats 10 are provided for supporting ironing boards 11 and 12, and each end rail 7 is cut away to form an opening 13 of suflicient width to enable the ironing board to be inserted under the table top in place on said cross bars and cleats. The openings extend from the bottom of the table top downwardly as far as the top of the.cleats, so that the ironing boards may be freely slipped back and forth, to lie under the table top, or to extend outwardly therefrom. The ironing boards 00- cupy positions on opposite sides of the table, and they are spaced apart sufficiently so as not to interfere with each other when they are slid back and forth as stated.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 26, 1910.

Patented June 14, 1910.

Serial No. 546,144.

Each ironing board is reduced in thickness for a portion of its length as indicated at 14, the reduced portion of the board, being its inner end, and across this end, on its upper face is placed and fastened a strip 15. The reduced end of the ironing board also has a longitudinal slot 16 which is entered by an upstanding pin 17 on the cross bars 9, which forms a guide for the ironing board, and also serves as a stop to limit its outward movement, thus preventing it from being pulled out too far, or entirely withdrawn from the table.

The reduced portion 14 of the ironing board forms a shoulder 18 which is adapted to be placed against the edge of the table top at the end thereof when the table is in extended position. The height of this shoulder is the same as the thickness of the table top, so that the board may be extended flush with the upper face thereof when in operating or extended position.

To elevate the ironing board in order that it may extend flush with the upper face of the table top as stated, a lifting device is provided comprising a cleat 19 which is hinged at 20 to the outer face of the end rail 7, adjacent to the opening 13, and having a width so that it may be swung upwardly into said opening beneath the ironing board. The thickness of the hinged cleat is such that it will elevate the ironing board the required distance to bring it flush with the table top. A cord, wire or other suitable device 21 may be connected to the cleat for swinging it downwardly out of the opening when the ironing board is to be re placed under the table top. One of the longitudinal edges of the cleat is curved, so that it may engage the ironing board without binding, and thus be readily disengaged by swinging it downwardly out of the opening 17 as stated. The under side of the ironing board has a finger socket 22 to facilitate the removal of the board from beneath the table top.

It will be understood that each ironing board is mounted and constructed as herein described, the only difference being in the size of the two boards.

In use, the ironing board desired is pulled outwardly from beneath the table top, and elevated by the cleat 19 in the manner, and for the purpose described. When in extended position, the cleat 15 is in contact with the bottom of the table top, whereby the extended board is slightly inclined upfactured, and by the arrangement of parts described, it is made to effectually, and in the most simple manner, serve the purpose for which it is designed.

WVhat is claimed is:

l. The combination with a table having an end rail provided with an opening, of an ironing board slidably supported beneath the table top, and adapted to pass through the opening in the end rail into extended position, and a cleat hinged adjacent to said opening, and adapted to be swung thereinto into engagement with the bottom of the ironing board, for elevating the same to the level of the table top when in extended position.

2. The combination with a table having an end rail provided with an opening, of an ironing board slidably supported beneath the table top, and adapted to pass through the opening in the end rail into extended position, the inner end of the board being reduced in thickness to form a shoulder having a height corresponding to the thickness of the table top, said shoulder engaging the edge of the table top when the board is in extended position, and a cleat hinged adjacent to the opening in the end rail, and adapted to be swung thereinto into engagement with the bottom of the ironing board,

for elevating the same to the level of the table top when in extended position.

3. The combination with a table top having cleats secured to the inner faces of its end rails, one of said rails having an opening extending to the top of the cleat thereon, and an ironing board supported beneath the table top on the cleats of the end rails, and adapted to pass through the opening in one of said rails into extended position, and a cleat hinged adjacent to said opening, and adapted to be swung thereinto into engagement with the bottom of the ironing board, for elevating the same to the level of the table top, when in extended position.

l. The combination with a table having an end rail provided with an opening, and a cross bar connecting the side rails, of an ironing board supported in the opening of the end rail and on the cross bar, and adapted to pass through said opening into eX- tended position, said board having a longitudinal slot, a pin on the cross bar extending into the slot of the ironing board, and a cleat hinged adjacent to the opening in the end rail, and adapted to be swung thereinto into engagement with the bottom of the ironing board, for elevating the same to the level of the table top when in extended position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

VIN YARD O. ORAl/VFORD.

Witnesses R. L. YANDELL, L. C. SHANNON. 

